Apes Helping Apes - Painting for Charity

I wanted to share this video of Panbanisha, a bonobo at the Great Ape Trust, who paints.

I also wanted to show her here because I have not included a lot of news about bonobos, so I wanted to make up for it.

The Forgotten Ape, as Frans de Waal calls the bonobo, could be considered the "hippie" of the ape community.  Just like chimps, bonobos are "cousins"of ours.  Unlike chimps though, they prefer to solve their issues with physical promiscuity and love - this is one of the reasons we rarely see them in documentaries on television.  

Quite reminiscent of the Janet Jackson wardrobe incident, isn't it?  Violence and foul language are OK on TV, but a boob sneak peek is not... but  I digress.

Watch Panbanisha paint.  Quite amazing!

If you are curious about bonobos, check the Friends of Bonobos organization, or visit the Bonobo Conservation Initiative.